Various Jacobs'

John SWITZER or SWISHER, as the name had come to be
called, the father of David Warner SWISHER, was
married in 1811 to Catherine TROUT. To them were
born 13 children; Mary, Anna, Elizabeth, John,
Sarah, Jacob, Margaret, David, George, Henry, Samuel,
Rebecca and William. Of these, Mary married John
KOINER, Anna married Joseph SPORE, Elizabeth married
William HENDERSON, Sarah married Jacob SWISHER,
Margaret married Stuart BENNETT, and Rebecca married
Taylor PARKER.
Upon the death of his first wife, John SWISHER
married Mary GROW, and two children Daniel &
James SWISHER were born to them.

FROM: HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE CO. WV (Maxwell)

Page 736

James L. SWISHER, farmer of Gore, son of Jacob
and Sarah SWISHER, Swiss and German ancestory, was
born 1853; married Annie, d/o Michael and M. E.
SCANLON, 1886; children Johanna and James.
These
children own the old SWISHER home, which has been in
the family 60 years.

James W F TAYLOR,farmer residing near
Higginsville, s/o Joseph I and Harriet TAYLOR.
was born 1852; German and Welsh descent; married
Kessiah F., d/o Jacob and Sarah SWISHER, 1877;
children, Adeline E. and James W F.

....Jacob and Phoebe SWISHER, who were born
December 7, 1778, and April, 1781, respectively. They
were natives of Maryland, where they were united in
marriage January 1, 1805, and they reared the
following family: Abraham, who was united in
marriage with Hannah WILKINS, March 9, 1826;
Isaac, who was twice wedded, first to Sarah
CROLLINS, June 27, 1830, and after her death to Sarah
WOODRUFFEE, on September 15, 1831; Anna, who
became the wife of William KIRK on March 19, 1829;
and Mary. The parents of Ora J GREEN were
Benjamin and Mary (SWISHER) GREEN. The father's
birth occurred in Licking tnshp, this county in May
1814, and the mother was born in 1810 on the same
farm on which occurred the nativity of her husband,
and which her father entered about the year 1800.
Benjamin Green was a local preacher and well known
throughout this part of the state for his usefulness
in the ministry, while his wife was also a devoted
Christian and both were instrumental in doing much
toward heightening the moral and spiritual tone of
the community. Their children were: Phoebe
Ann,widow of Thomas HILLMAN, residing in Licking
tnship;Sarah, wife of J. P. SWISHER, of
Hebron; Rowena, the wife of George Dillen
DICKENS, of Licking Tnshp;Richard, who
departed this life in Louisville KY, May 11,1869, in
his twenty-sixth year;Illa, the wife of John
HAND, of California; and Ora J.

On March
21, 1871, Mr Green, wedded Mary J. POUND, a d/o Isaac
and Sarah J (CARR) POUND, natives of Orange Co NY,
who came to this county in 1848, settling in Mary Ann
Tnshp, where they spent the remaining days on the
farm on which they located. Ora J. GREEN was born in
Licking Tnshp November 6, 1846......

From: History of Licking Co OH

Page 815 & 816

ALVEY SWISHER

....His great-grandfather, Nicholas
SWISHER, was twice united in marriage and reared
a family of 20 children, one of whom wasJacob
SWISHER, the grandfather, a native of Virginia,
who came to this state about the year 1802 and
carried on general farming, marketing eggs, chickens
and butter which he took on horseback to the town,
the nearest place at that time where he could dispose
of his products being Zanesville in Muskingum county.
He labored on his farm all his days until he entered
into rest, his remains being interred in Green Co.
Cemetary, Licking
Tnshp. His son,Abram SWISHER, was a native of
Licking tnshp, this county, and resided there several
years after his marriage but subsequently removed to
the farm in Newark tnshp now under cultivation by his
son, where he resided until the year 1830, when he
accidentally lost his life while engaged in loading
logs. His remains were interred in the Lutheran
cemetary which is located on his farm. His wife,
Hannah WILKIN, a native of VA, passed away
here and was laid to rest in the same cemetary in
which lie the remains of her husband. In their family
were three children: Alvey; David, a
retired cigar dealer living in Columbus OH; and
Mary Ann, deceased. Upon the death of Mr.
SWISHER his wife was united in marriage to John
EMORY, by whom she had three children: Catherine,
wife of Sylvester REASONER, of Newark OH; Martha J.
who became the wife of W B RUTLEDGE, residing on a
farm in Franklin tnshp; and Elizabeth, deceased.....
Mr. SWISHER, when not occupied with the duties of the
schoolroom, assisted in the work of the home farm and
thereon remained until his marriage in 1846. On March
18, 1846, Mr. SWISHER (Alvey) wedded Miss Sarah
FRANKS, who departed this life 58 years later. They
had 8 children, namely: Mary Margaret,
deceased; Elizabeth S., who keeps house for
her father; Nervina, deceased; Elma L.,
at home; Louisa V., who is the wife of M.
MARTIN, residing in Newark OH; and Perry F.,
deceased. For many years, Mr. SWISHER has served
as township treasurer and being a public-spirited
man, has always been ready to further all measures
purposed for the general welfare of the
community......

Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking Co Ohio
by E.M.P. Brister
Illustrated
Reprinted 1982 for The Licking County Genealogical Society
by The Hubbard Company, Defiance, Ohio - Steve White, consultant
----------------------------
Volume 1
--------------------------
Chicago - Columbus
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co
1909
p370
LICKING TOWNSHIP
The pioneers of this township were Phillip Sutton, Job Rathbone, John and George Gillespie, who arrived in 1801;
Benjamin Green, Richard Pitzer and John Stadden, in 1802; Major Anthony Pitzer, Jacob Swisher, Stephen Robinson, and perhaps others, in 1803.................
p372
....In 1802, soon after Green settled on Hog Run, Jacob Swisher a settler from Hardy County, Virginia, located on a hundred acre tract. He had expended all his means in reaching the country, and. without money or assistance undertook to open up and pay for his purchase. He erected a "pole cabin." The forest afforded him abundance of game, and the stream a good supply of fish. In after years he used to claim to his wife and daughters that he was a better cook than they, for while he kept house in his cabin his corn bread and mush never adhered to the skillet, but came out smooth and unbroken. They in defense always urged that this circumstance was not attributed to the superiority of his cooking, but rather to the fact that he cooked and roasted much fat bear meat and venison, and then made mush or baked pone without washing the skillet
thoroughly enough to get off all the grease.
In his solitary way, Swisher lived several years, when he erected a second cabin of round logs, in dimensions, fourteen by sixteen feet. Into this establishment of two rooms, he, in 1804, installed his new wife, Phebe, the
daughter of his old neighbor, Benjamin Green. Swisher earned part, if not all, the price of his one hundred acres of land (one hundred and seventy- five dollars), by packing salt on horseback from the Scioto salt works, in
the vicinity of Chillicothe to his neighborhood. This was before any road had been cut out. One man took two horses, and followed the trail through the woods. Each horse carried four bushels of slat, which cost at the works one dollar and fifty cents per bushel, and sold here at four dollars per bushel. It took five or six days to make the round trip. Several years afterward, or about 1809, the settlers thought themselves fortunate in being able to exchange wheat for salt at Zanesville, bushel for bushel.
Swisher continued to reside on the same tract until his death June 23, 1843, at the age of sixty-four.
Hog Run pioneers seem to have realized fair prices for produce during those early years. During the first two or three years, corn sold for fifty cents per bushel, and pork seven dollars per hundred-weight. Wheat
was not much raised at first, but when produced in quantities exceeding the wants of the neighborhood, often sold as low as twenty-five cents a bushel. The first two calico dresses Mrs. Swisher purchased cost her one dollar per yard, but they lasted her many years, even until her daughters grew into womanhood.
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FROM: Harrison Co Marriages 1785-1894Page 11

CURL, Jeremiah
SWISHER, Margaret 20 Aug 1799

SWISHER, Jacob
CURLE, Rachel
d/o William 20 Aug 1799

CURLE, Jeremiah
ROMINE, Synthia
d/o James 4 Nov 1800
((Is this the same Jeremiah as above? Just in case,I
added it.))

FROM: "Rivesville Centennial Edition" A
Historical Newspaper of the Upper Monongahela
ValleyFront page article "Bible Records Tell
of Building of Indian Forts, and of Rivesville When
it was Pleasantville"

According to these records, Paw Paw Station, or
Fort Paw Paw, was established before 1774.(Fort Paw Paw was renovated and enlarged in 1781.
It's location was the Highlawns section of
Rivesville, on property first legally owned by James
JOLLIFFE. It stood on the high flat overlooking the
Monongahela River and Paw Paw Creek. The "in-fort"
spring still flows. Here, very close by, was the
area's first graveyard, where tombstones once showed
death dates as early as 1767.(In this fort, as is recorded in the John
CUNNINGHAM Bible, were born: Jacob SWISHER,
1769; James CUNNINGHAM, 1770; John DAVIS, 1771;
Ezekial CUNNINGHAM, 1778; Zackwell C. MORGAN,
1774; William MERRILL, 1789; Andrew ZERN (ZORN)
Jr., 1770; Martha WOODS, 1778; James BEALL, 1774.)

THOMAS N. SWISHER,
a prosperous farmer and business man of Marion Co, and commander of Meade Post, No 6, G.A.R.,at Fairmont, is a son of Jacob and Barsheba Swisher, and was born in Winfield district, Marion Co. VA (now WV), Nov 8 1836. He grew to manhood on the farm, received his education in the district school of his day and engaged in farming, which he followed until August 7, 1861, when he enlisted in companny "C", sixth WV infantry. Ten months later he was transferred to battery "F", first WV light artillery, in which he was promoted to first sergeant, and served until September 15, 1864, when he was honorably discharged at Wheeling WV. He was in the battles of Martinsburg, Carter's farm and Winchester, and after returning home, resumed farming, which he has followed up to the present time. In addition to cultivating his farm of sixty acres, he has don considerable in the line of carpentering and wagon-making

On April 15, 1858, Mr. Swisher wedded Sarah Ann MORLEY, a daughter of Benjamin MORLEY a farmer of Greene Co PA. To their union have been born seven children: Samuel S.,a farmer of Smithtown, Monongalia Co; Francis M., a resident of Fairmont; Charles E., a resident of this county; Willie Grant, now dead; Sabina Belle, wife of Joseph CAROTHERS, a farmer of Monongalia Co; Jacob O., engaged in farming; and James H., a resident of Fairmont.

......The ancestors of Mr SWISHER were, a century ago, resident in Berkeley Co., from which his paternal grandfather, Jacob M. SWISHER came in 1810, to Winfield District. Jacob M. SWISHER purchased a farm there and followed farming. He was a soldier of the War of 1812, and married Miss BUNNER. Their children were: Joseph, Rev Jacob, Henry, Allen, Mrs. Nancy HARRIS, Mrs Elizabeth CARDER, Mrs Roannah BRAIN, and Mrs. Almeda MARTIN. Rev. Jacob SWISHER was born in Berkeley Co and served as a Methodist minister for nearly half a century. He owned a farm of fifty acres in Winfield District, and lived and industrious and useful life. He did considerable in the timber trade on the river, and died March 25, 1881, aged 75 years...In 1829 he married Barsheba FARRELL, who was a daughter of Enoch FARRELL, and died in March 1864, at 53 years of age. They reared a family of seven sons and eight daughters:Solomon C., of Schuyler Co. Illinois; Elizabeth M., residing at Fairmont; E. W., of Champaign Co, Illinois; Nancy, widow of William DOAK, of Doddridge Co; Thomas N., subject of this sketch; Harriett, of Fairmont; Charles W., enlisted in June 1861, in Company "B". Third WV infantry, and was killed at the battle of Rocky Gap;
Elvira, of Fairmont; Robert M., a farmer of Missouri;Sarah, wife of DR. J.R. WATSON, of Smithfield, Fayette Co PA;Henry, a farmer of Winfield District; Emeline, wife of Napoleon B. SWISHER, of Catawba, this county; Jennie and Frank, of Winfield District, this county; and Letitia, now dead.

VOL I.....The first settlers within the territory which now constitutes Franklin township were George ERNST, John & Jacob SWITZER, who came in the spring of 1805, the first-named from the Shenandoah valley, and the two latter from the "Glades" in Pennsylvania.....

FROM: History of WV

BRAIN Family History

p 398
...Miriam married Henry SWISHER and settled in Marion County;......Elijah H., at the age of sixteen was made an apprentice to learn the carpenter trade, served out his time, was proficient and went out to work for himself. He finally came to Marion County and there married Roanna SWISHER, daughter of Jacob SWISHER and granddaughter of John SWISHER, who emigrated from Germany.